To wish you a happy new year I would need pages and so I will just wish everyone a healthy, joyful, peaceful, prosperous year filled with all good things. I will remember the past year because it was filled with sadness for so many, tragedy and the needless death of innocence. We can only pray that we will be able to forgive, learn and make the necessary changes to contribute in a positive way to our towns, country and world. God Bless each and everyone in the new year - 2013, thank you to all for your compliments on my 'Nautical Twilight' and for your generosity, encouragement and kind words.
'Wooden Boat' Magazine February 2013 ----- a feature article by Randal Pheffer, Photographs by Peter McGowan is about the Richard & Arnold, Dave and me. The article is a very big compliment to us and it has filled us with pride. Thank you to everyone. Dave said, "Now I have to make the foc'sle look really really good." If you can find a copy you'll get a better understanding of what the old girl is looking like since she got her face lift last winter at Rose's marine. I can't thank the writer and photographer enough. 'Wooden Boat' has always been one of our favorite magazines. I got an email from an old friend who we have not seen in many years saying that he picked up a copy and what memories it brought back for him. I wish we could mail a copy to everyone who has fished with us or spent the day on board, but that would mean hundreds of folks. The article brought tears to my eyes, what a treat to be part of it.
Dave is working daily on the foc'sle of the Richard & Arnold. It requires saws, planers, sanders and much more. He had a chop-saw sitting on the galley table while he was cutting wood to cover the cabinets, walls and bunk areas, he used a wainscoting that looks like its been there for 80 years. He's using cut and planed mahogany for trim. The closet door and cabinet doors are recycled from an Egg Harbor that we owned at one time. The bathroom sink came from there as well. Our cook-top stove came from a friend who was redoing the kitchen in his home. The gas fridge is from our days living on the 'Vast Explorer'. Dave has recycled the galley table and made the benches around it to hinge up so that we have lots of storage. I can't get over the difference in the area we will call home while out on the water. I'm hoping to cook good meals for the captain, family and friends. The captain is sure to have his wife on board more often now that she has a place to hang out and write.
I have an article of my own coming out in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of 'Yachting Times'. I haven't seen it yet so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's half as good as the one Randal Pheffer wrote.
Happy New Year
